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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Johnson Jacob" <"ECOWAS."@wit.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Johnson Jacob" <infounit1987@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 03:06:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: THE ECOWAS FINANCE MONITORING UNIT BENIN REPUBLIC.

THE ECOWAS FINANCE MONITORING UNIT BENIN REPUBLIC.
>From the Desk of Mr. Johnson Jacob.
Director International Remittance Controls and Operations
Ecowas Finance Monitoring Unit Benin.
Phone +229 63206874

Valued Attention!!

We are the Economic Community Of Western African State the(ECOWAS) writing to confirm that after the calculation of our fiscal activity your name and email address signaled to our computer database with strong indication that you are eligible to receive an optional repayment of $17,000,000.00. million dollars for your wining /lost money irrespective.

In accordance with the licensing and supervision of banking business directive ,any huge amount of money that has been found in the international computer data system waiting to be transferred without claims for long time shall be confiscated .

We do hereby ask you to reconfirm to this email(info99154591@gmail.com) your full name home address and telephone for possible consideration and simultaneously carrying out the international payment to your position according to our normal payment schedule.

We appreciate your urgent co-operation.
But note that you are to pay $597.00 dollars for our office stamp so that we can release your fund tomorrow .



Yours in Service,
Mr. Johnson Jacob,
Director International Remittance Controls and Operations
8-05-2016.

ECOWAS FINANCE MONITORING UNIT BENIN.

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